Device for cleaning windows



(No Model.)

O. HILCKBN. DEVICE EOE CLEANING WINDOWS. 190.589,969. Patented Sept.14,1897.

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ODELIA HILOKEN, OF WOOD HAVEN, NEV YORK.

DEVICE FOR CLEANING WINDOWS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 589,969, datedSeptember 14, 1897. Application filed December 5. 1896. Serial No.614,537. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern- Be it known that I, ODnLIA HILCKEN, a citizenof the United States, residing at Wood Haven, in the county of Queensand State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Devices for Cleaning Vtindows, of which the following is a full andcomplete speciiication, such as will enable those skilled in the art towhich it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to means for cleaning windows, and the objectthereof is to provide an improved device for this purpose which issimple in construction and operation and which is adapted to be used inconnection with any form of vertically-movable wind'ow- Y sashes.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following speci iication, ofwhich the accompanying drawings form a part, in which- Figure 1 is afront view of a portion of a window-frame, showing the lower sash and aportion of the upper sash mounted therein and showing my improved devicefor cleaning windows in a position to be operated in connection with theglass of the lower sash; Fig. 2, a vertical section thereof, and Fig. 3a transverse section of the window-cleaning device on a scale muchlargerthan that shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

In the drawings forming part of this specification the separate parts ofmyimprovement are designated by the same nu meralsof referencethroughout the several views, and in Figs. l and 2 of said drawings Ihave shown a portion of a window-frame, the sides of which aredesignated by the reference-numeral 5 and the lower part thereof bythenumeral 6, and mounted in said frame is the lower sash 7 and the uppersash 8. y

The glass of the lower sash is shown at 9 in Fig. 1, and in practice Iprovide a cleaning device which consists of a base-yoke 10, which ismounted on or secured to a support 11, the ends of which are providedwith downwardlydirected rollers 12, and said support 11 is alsopreferably provided on its upper side with two similar rollers 13.

rlhe sides of the `yoke 10 are curved upwardly and inwardly, and each issecured, as shown at 14., to an upright keeper 15, which is preferablycomposed of sheet metal, and

the sides of which are bentinwardly, as shown at 1G, and I also providea spring-metal slide 17, which is also bent into the form of a yoke, andthe ends of which are passed upwardly through the keepers 15, and saidkeepers are each provided on their inner sides with vertical slotsformed by the inwardly-directed sides of the edgesl 16, and the upperend of each side of said side is reduced in size and bent inward ly andprovided with an inwardlydirected arm 1S, with each of which ispivotally connected a transverse oblong link or holder 20, which is freeto swing thereon, and the inner side of each of said links or holders isprovided with4 a mop, sponge, or similar device 2l, and secured to thelower outer side of each of said links or holders is a spring 22, whichserves to press the mops or Sponges 21 upon the adjacent surface of theglass.

The operation will be readily understood from the foregoing descriptionwhen taken in connection with the accompanying drawings and thefollowing statement thereof.

If it is desired to. clean the glass in the lower sash, said sash israised, and my improved cleaning device is connected therewith bypassingthe keepers 15 up on the opposite sides thereof from beneath the sash,and when the device is in proper position the sash is vloweredonto. therollers 13 and the sponges or mops are moved up and down on the oppositeside of the glass by means of a handle 2i, which is secured to the innerlink 20, as clearly shown in the drawings, and all that is necessary toaccomplish this operation is to raise and lower the flexible metal strip17 by means of said handle 24., said flexible strip being free to passthrough the keepers 15 and beneath the window-sash, and it will also beapparent that the device may be moved transversely of the sash beneaththe same, the support being free to roll on the rollers 12, and by meansof this arrangement the cleaning device may be moved from one side ofthe sash to the other, and at the same time the mops or Sponges 2l maybe moved up and down over the entire surface of both sides of the glass.j

This device is simple in construction and operation and is well adaptedto accomplish the result for which it is intended, and it is apparentthat changes in and modifications IOO of the construction hereindescribed may be made without departing,` from the spirit of myinvention or sacrificing its advantages.

Having fully described my invention, I claim as neT and desire to secureby Letters Patentc I. A device for cleaning` windows, comprising asuitable base or support, a transverse yoke mounted thereon, the ends ofWhich are each inwardly curved, and secured to upright keepers, and aspring-metal slide mounted in said keepers, and passed beneath the lowerends thereof, and in line with said yoke, each side of said slide beingprovided With a suitable link or holder to which is secured a mop7 ofsuitable material, and means for moving said spring-metal slide throughthe keepers, substantially as shown and described.

ence of the subscribing` Witnesses, this 30th Y day of November, 1896.

ODELIA IIILCKEN. Witnesses:

` MAGGIE MORIN,

H. J. THEURET.

